skid
/skɪd/
noun
- An uncontrolled sideways slide, especially of a vehicle.
- He felt the skid begin and gently steered into it to regain control.
- The driver panicked when the car went into a skid on the wet pavement.
- Black ice can cause sudden skids that are hard to correct.
- A wooden or metal platform or runner used to support or move heavy objects.
- We used wooden skids to keep the supplies off the damp ground.
- Workers placed the heavy crate on a skid to move it across the warehouse.
- The forklift lifted the skid loaded with boxes onto the truck.
- A period of decline or failure, especially in business or performance.
- His career went into a skid following the scandal.
- The company hit a skid after losing its biggest client.
- The team is on a skid, having lost five games in a row.